Shooting With Shutter Speed Priority Mode - Sony DSLR-A100 User's Manual / Troubleshooting

You can adjust the shutter speed manually. If you shoot a moving subject at a higher shutter
speed, it appears as if frozen on the image. At a lower shutter speed, the subject appears as if it
flowing.
Aperture value is automatically a@tsted to attain correct exposure according to the brightness
of the subject.
High shutter speed Slow shutter speed
Mode dial
Control
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(_) Set the mode dial to S.
@ Select a shutter speed using the control dial.
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• You tun a_[iusl tile shuuer speed belween 30 and l/4ftO0 second. You can adjust it between 30 and 1/
125 second (wilft lfte Super SteadyShot ftmction activaled) or 30 and 1/160 second (with lhe Super
SleadyShot lunction deactivaled) when using the flash.
• Tile shuuer speed is adjusted in 1/3 Ev increments.
• If the propel; exposure is nol obtained after making the seltings, the aperture value on the LCD monilor
and in the viewfinder flashes when the shutter buuon is pressed hallway down. You can shoot al this poinl,
but adjusling again is reconlmended.
• When the flash is pulled up, lhe flash fires regardless of the amount of ambient light (page 54).
• When using the flash, if you close the aperture (a larger F-number) by making the shutter speed slower.
lfte flash light does not leach a distunt subjecl. If you Wahl 1o use the slower shulter speed, lhe Slow Sync
shooting is recommended (page 69).
• When the shutter speed is one second or more. the noi_ rcduclion will be done alter shooling (page 85).
• The ,_ (Camera-shake warning) indicator does nol appear in the shuuer speed priority mode.